PRICES AND WAGES

PRICES AND WAGES Japan's consumer prices fell by 0.4% in June; its 12-month inflation rate slowed to 0.1%. In July, Italy's 12-month rate of consumer-price inflation remained at 1.8%; its producer-price inflation slowed to 0.4% in the year to June. Canadian workers received a pay rise of 0.9% in the year to May, a real fall of 0.2%.